Google 'ups reader promiscuity'

Thomson's unabashed criticism of the internet powerhouse came as he and Google vice president of search products Marissa Mayer took part in a Web 2.0 panel focused on the fate of journalism in a world of online news aggregation.

"There is a willingness to pay for quality journalism," Mayer said. "We need to build the right tools online. News is already engaging in print format, you can make it better with the Internet."

Hippeau predicted that increasing numbers of people will want online news, creating new options for journalists.

"We are in a golden age of journalism and people engaging with public events," Hippeau said. "We should be celebrating this."

AFP

Comments

AJ - 2009-10-22 11:29

Ye, pretty soon alternative news sites will be banned! Bye bye original thought, hello to the same news on every channel. You would think people would have wisend-up by now, seeing the same few stories, with the same spin on every chanel. Most International news are just propaganda and most journalist don't worry about the truth, or checking the 'facts' that are comunicated to them via gov/corp spokesmen/women.

WR - 2009-10-22 12:46

The fact is that an ordinary newspaper cannot provide news up to date. By the time you get the paper it is already several hours (sometimes days) old and many other events have happened. I personally never buy a newspaper unless it is really needed (maybe 3-4 per year and then it was sometimes not worth it) and only use the internet for any news. It is faster, cheaper and more up to date, and I don't use any subscription news websites either.

Joe - 2009-10-22 17:18

'journalism' as it should be died long ago with the onset of political biased 'reporters' and political correct BS, so i couldn't care less. Honest, objective and unbiased news dissappeared long ago. I'd be happy to see more than a few classifiable papers go under in flames, and like with ted kennedy, right minded people will once again say 'good riddance!'